Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire ADN-prepared registered nurses to provide and coordinate direct patient care, administer treatments, and educate patients across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings.
Getting in
What Chemeketa Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Transcripts
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
Kaplan entrance exam required for traditional ADN applicants ($100 per test, one attempt per application period); 2027 testing schedule and application guide not yet posted. Fall 2026 cycle transcript deadline was January 9, 2026. Prerequisites BI231-233 A&P (within seven years, BI112 prerequisite) and MTH095 or higher by end of winter term of the application year. Background check and ten-panel drug screen on entry; immunizations per Health Sciences document. Salem campus. NCLEX-RN pass rate reported as 100% across the 2020-2022 through 2022-2025 cohorts.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Chemeketa Community College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
10
Entrance exams
1
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
4
Experience
2
Paths
Routes into ADN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find community college ADN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HSI community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find ADN programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a community college ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years
Georgia CNA to RN
Community college ADN pathway
Ready to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a Georgia ADN program.
- Timeline
- 2 to 3 years